Rail-anticreeper.



L LEBOVITZ.

RAIL ANTICPPEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, ms

1,163,548, Patented Dec. 7,1915.

LOUIS LEIBOVITZ, F SPRINGFIELD, MISSOIIRI.

RAIL-ANTISBEEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

Application filed March 10, 1915. Serial n 13,329.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LOUIS Lnnovrrz, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Springfield, inthe county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Anticreepers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to anti-creeping devices for rails, particularly railway rails.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved form of device of this kind which is of such construction that the parts may interlock or fasten without the use of additional means, principally through the Wedging and spring action of one of the sections of the device.

Objects servient to the object mentioned will appear hereinafter as the description of my preferred embodiment progresses.

Said embodiment is illustrated 1n accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a rail- Way rail and ties, and my improved anticreeping device; Fig. 2 is a side elevat1on of the parts of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 1s a perspective view of one of the sections of. my improved device; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the section of my improved device whichcooperates With the section of Fig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail perspective views of modified forms of fastening sections to cooperate with the section of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, 1 designates a railway rail, the supporting ties of which are designated 2 and rest on the road bed?) as seen in Fig. 2, as is usual.

My improved device is adapted to be attached to the rail intermediate the ties 2. Said device comprises cooperating sections A and B. Section A is preferably made of a single casting of malleable iron and has a lip or flange 41 adapted to extend over the base flange 5 of the rail 1 and below this lip 4 is provided a seat flange 6 on which the under face of the flange 5 rests. In effect a groove is therefore provided to receive the base flange 5. From the flange 4 and seat flange 6 the section A extends downwardly to provide a main upstanding'wall 7. From the wall 7 extends laterally a rest arm 8. Intermediate the arm 8 and seat flange 6 is a web 9. This web 9 is cut away at 10 to form a recess and this web terminates at one end short of the Wall 7 in order to provide-a slot 11. It is to be noted that the arm 8 projects laterally beyond the web 9.

Section B is preferably made from a single piece of steel and has a main wall or bar 12 which may extend diagonally, if desired, as shown in Fig. 1 andfrom which extends laterally .on one side, a flange 13 and from which extends laterally on the other side, an arm 14 of less width than the bar 12. Flange 13 extends above the bar 12 and projecting laterally therefrom at an angle thereto, is a rail engaging lug 15 which is spaced from the top of bar 12 and extends across the plane of the bar. A fastening plate 16 extends laterally from the arm 14 in the same general direction as the bar 12 but at an obtuse angle thereto. This plate 16 is bifurcated by cutting away the metal at 17 in order to provide fastening arms 18. In order that these arms 18 may function as hereinafter set forth, they are yieldable and inclined along their outer longitudinal edges 19. In use, the bar 12 is arranged diagonally beneath the rail as seen in Fig. 1 with the flange 13 abutting against one of the ties 2 and with the arm 14 abutting against the other tie 2. Lug 15 extends over the base flange 5 to prevent downward movement of the section B. Section A may then be cone neeted to thesection B. This section A is moved relatively to the rail so that the base.

flange of the rail will extend into the groove provided intermediate the flange 4 and the seat flange 6. The web 9 and arm 8 extend below the rail 1 and the bar 12 rests on the arm 8 for support, the arm 14 enters the recess 10, being prevented from moving vertically by the arm 8 and flange 6 and the arms 18 extend into the slot 11, thereby eflecting the fastening of the sections A and B. Arms 18 fit tightly in the slot 11 and as a matter of fact their greatest overall Width is superior to the height of the slot 11. Therefore, the arms 18 may be driven into very tight relation with the section A at the slot. The inclined edges 19 facilitate entry of the arms into the slot 11 and in effect, convert the arms into a wedge. By reason of the fact that the arms 18 are of spring material, they will tend to separate while tightly fastened in the slot 11 to form a more secure joint.

While section B as shown in Fig. 4 has an angle or diagonal bar 12, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to this specific construction inasmuch as the bar 12 may be arranged at right angles to the plate 16 as in Fig. 5 where the bar is designated 20. Also the bar 12 may extend in a plane parallel to the plane of the plate 16, as seen in Fig. 6, where the bar is designated 30 and the plate is designated 31. It is to be understood that other changes in the details of construction may parting from the spirit and scope of my invention. v

I claim:

1..An anti-creeping device having a section provided with slot means, a second section, said second section having yieldable fastening arms to extend into said slot means to tightly and frictionally engage the first section thereat.

2. An anti-creeping device having a section provided with a slot, a web, said section having a recess adjacent said web, an arm extending laterally from the web, a second section, said second section having rail-engaging means,

he resorted to without desaid arm,

a bar to rest on said arm, an arm,

masses to extend into said recess and a fastening plate to extend into said slot.

3. An anti-creeping device tion provided with a rail receiving groove, a downwardly extending wall, an outwardly extending arm, a web rising from said arm, terminating short of said wall to provide a slot, said arm extending laterally beyond said web and said web being provided with a recess, said arm extending across said recess, a second section, said second section having rail engaging means and having a bar to extend beneath the rail and to rest on an arm on said bar entering said recess and resting on the first mentioned arm, a fastening plate extending at an angle to having a secthe arm of the second section and extending into said slot.

.In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS LEBOVITZ.

Witnesses W. A. LINCOLN, A. W. LINCOLN. 

